GeForce GTX 980M and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980M vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 980M
7566
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTX 980M
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GM204
G84
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
April 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
-
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
32
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-